Auxiliary pedal attachment for pianos.



(llo Model.)

Patented Aug. 28,1900 W. BOHRER & T. MESSMER.

AUXILIARY PEDAL ATTACHMENT FOR HANDS.

(Application filed July 14, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFIcE.

WILLIAM BOHRER AND THEOBALD MESSMER, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

AUXILIARY PEDAL ATTACHMENT FOR PIANOS.

srncIFIoArrIoN forming part of LettersPatent No. 656,625, dated August as, 1900.

Application filed July 14, 1899.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM BOHRER, professor of music, and THEOBALD MEssMER, merchant, of the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Auxiliary Pedal Attachments for Pianos; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our invention may be said briefly to consist of the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

For full comprehension of our invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings, in which like symbols indicate the same parts, and wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved auxiliary pedal attachment; and Fig. 2, a horizontal sectional view thereof, taken on line 2 2, Fig. 1.

The portable carrier-frame consists of a board 1), formed at each side thereof with arms 0, said arms being slotted longitudinally thereof, as at d, through which a pair of padded blocks 6 are adjustably connected thereto, while a vertical bracket-piece f is secured to the front edge of the board '1). This bracket-piece is vertically grooved on its inside, as at g, and slotted, as at h, in the line of said groove, and a second bracketpiece 1', formed with a tongue j, to take into each of said grooves, is adjustably connected to the bracket-piece f by a pair of set-screws 7c, taking through said slots h. The auxiliary pedals m are pivotally connected at their heel portions to the top of this bracket-piece t', and a pair of rods 7% are pivotally connected to the toe portions thereof and take into a pair of sleeves 0, provided with set-screws p and formed at their lower ends with forks adapted to straddle and rest upon the pedals proper, while the upper side of these auxiliary pedals are provided with toe and heel clips p and s, respectively.

In order to secure our improved pedal at= tachment rigidly in place, we furnish the car- $e1ialN0. 723,869. (No model.)

rier-frame with a pair of set-screws t, rotatably connected at their lower ends to a pair of blocks u.

To attach our improved auxiliary pedals to a piano, the arms 6 are slid beneath the foot of the piano on each side of the pedals until the blocks e come into contact with the front 'of the foot. Thescrews t are then turned until the front portion of the carrier-frame is sufficiently raised to cause the arms to bind between the foot of the piano and the floor.

It is obvious that when the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 1 the pedals of the piano will, through our improved auxiliary pedals, be under perfect control of a' performer of very short stature, and it is further obvious that by means of the extensible rods and the adjustable bracket-piece any stature within reasonable limits can be accommodated.

What we claim is as follows:

A portable attachment for pianos comprising a carrier-frame consisting of a vertical portion and a portion to extend beneath the foot of the piano; a verticallyadjustable bracket-piece carried by said vertical portion; a pair of auxiliary pedals hinged at their heels to said bracket-piece; a pair of extensible rods pivotally connected at their ends to the toes of said pedals and having their lower ends forked; a pair of blocks carried by and adjustable longitudinally of the horizontally-extending portion of said carrierframe; a pair of vertical screws carried by said horizontal portion and projecting downwardly therethrough and a pair of bearingblocks'rotatably carried by the lower ends of said screws, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

. WILLIAM BOIIRER.

THEOBALD MESSME R.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM P. MCFEAT, R. A. O. KIMBER. 

